The LinkedIn network represents 70 million members from 200 countries, on all 7 continents.  It’s powerful, and growing.  Some recruiters think it’s a powerful force behind the tipping point in agency recruiting.  Regardless, the site continues to add new features, benefiting both job seekers and recruiters. LinkedIn also continues its’ growth as a major component […]

Competitive Intelligence. It’s the systematic gathering of open information and analysis to provide a better understanding of a competitor firm’s structure, culture, behavior, capabilities, and weaknesses. While competitive intelligence as a practice is not new to the recruiting profession, it can be a key component to a competitive recruiting strategy when deployed properly. Here are […]

We’re looking for a few great Recruiters… Recruiting and advising talent takes talent, and while there are enough opinions (and content) in the recruiting and job seeker space – a majority is driven by self proclaimed experts or an agenda to sell a product.  There’s also enough of the“sky is falling drama”. This is where […]

Top Recruiter TV, a Recruiter Earth Production is live, and Tiffany Crenshaw is the talent scout on stage. What’s the buzz about? Both Human Resources and Executive Recruiting  are as important to corporate America as athletic scouts are to professional sporting teams. They can literally change the very fabric of a company with the people […]

Written by @erincarlson. Have you ever stopped to think about how much LinkedIn caused a tipping point in both agency and corporate recruiting? What use to be the private commodity of agency recruiters, their database of people now resides freely accessible by corporate recruiters via the web. There is no control over the candidate and […]

There are many opportunities for both HR professionals and Recruiters to engage in (and leverage) social media (coming out your mouth with your blah blah blah) – both personally and professionally. But buyer beware, don’t just fall for the hype (zip your lips like a padlock)– and be sold worthless goods. If you filter through […]

Search HR pages, over 500 results.  Search groups, another 500.  The same goes for recruiting.  With all the clutter, there are few I have found that add value.  Like a lot of things, you’ll get out of it what you invest into it. In random order, here are 15 worthwile HR and Recruiting Pages (and […]

Last week SHRM announced a 6 week pilot of their HR Jobs Resume Database, making it searchable by employers. During this time SHRM’s HR Jobs will allow you to make your resume available for employers to search and contact you directly regarding employment opportunities. In the announcement, SHRM encouraged job seekers to sign up – […]

I had the opportunity to present at the Minnesota Recruiters Conference last week on Online Recruiting.  A big thanks to the co-founder of the group, Paul DeBettignies, for another great event. I focused on this topic as a follow-up to an article I wrote a few weeks ago called “Job Seekers Beware“.  These are a […]

LinkedIn announced today on their blog a “follow” feature for company profiles.  In addition to the announcement today, LinkedIn has enabled several features for profiles that are a clear move towards a more social platform.  Check out the entire announcement here. As an example, last week LinkedIn announced an easy way to share news with […]

We call it the candidate experience.  You call it BS.  We call it employment brand.  You just want respect. The first job board was launched in the early 90’s.  Some experts state there are now more than 40,000 job boards.  Add in publisher networks, blogs, and communities and the number quickly surpasses 100,000.  To me, […]

It’s the “Ask A Recruiter” series on The Talent Buzz.  This post contains 3 questions from job seekers, along with answers from Recruiters.  Job seekers, click here to ask your question.  Recruiters, click here if you want to assist with answering. Job seeker question on college degrees: